-
14 Jul 2024
The Cumulative Impact Assessment has now been added, but I don't think it was there before the deadline. See www.enfield.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/60338/Cumulative-Impact-Zone-Review-document.pdf However the deadline for comment appears to be 11 AUGUST
Read more
-
14 Jul 2024
Rabbit Hole, a Pulitzer Prize winning drama by David Lindsay Abaire, charts a couple's bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day. All this week at Incognito Theatre in Friern Barnet.
Read more
-
11 Jul 2024
... and checking the council web site reveals nil regarding the "ANNEX 2-7 CUMULATIVE IMPACT POLICY THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE DOCUMENT FOR CONSULTATION PURPOSES" . So that's no separate document and no information. To be fair, this all started on16 May under a previous government when nothing worked.
Read more
-
11 Jul 2024
This is one of the most unhelpful "consultations" I've seen. Isn't there a duty to make consultations more understandable? The draft is complex for legal reasons, but few but lawyers will be able to understand the overall impact. The proposal to include PG and Bowes in the category of areas covered by Cumulative Impact is covered by this:- ANNEX 2-7[…]
Read more
-
11 Jul 2024
Has anyone understood the impact of PG being listed as a new Cumulative Impact Zone?
Read more
-
11 Jul 2024
I've only just become aware of this consultation, which I've no doubt some readers will be very keen to respond to. The deadline is this Friday. See www.enfield.gov.uk/consultations/licensing-policy-statement . And note the mention of Cumulative Impact Zones in Bowes and Palmers Green. Start date: 16 May 2024 Closing date: 12 July 2024 Details Every five years the Council[…]
Read more
-
10 Jul 2024
A powerful message for the new occupier of No 10 Downing Street from a 14-year-old resident of Ponders End.
Read more
-
10 Jul 2024
Sri Lanka-born Jana tells the story of how the women of the Stitch! community helped him fulfil his dream of learning to crochet.
Read more
-
10 Jul 2024
Local people who identify as disabled are invited to enrol in workshops being held this month at Arbeit Studios ahead of an art exhibition to be held at Arbeit in August.
Read more
-
10 Jul 2024
The latest issue of the guide to volunteering opportunities in the borough and further afield has been published and can be downloaded from the Enfield Voluntary Action (EVA) website.
Read more
-
9 Jul 2024
Teachers at Palmers Green High School staged a strike on Monday and Tuesday this week in protest at plans to change their pension scheme and the refusal of the school's board of governers to meet unions to discuss the proposals.
Read more
-
3 Jul 2024
A group that brings together 27 charities is calling on the next government to fix "stark health inequalities" that are cutting thousands of lives short across the UK every year.
Read more
-
3 Jul 2024
Construction work on the initial phase of the Enfield Town Liveable Neighbourhood scheme is due to begin this week. Phase 1 will bring improvements for pedestrians in the western part of the borough's main town centre, in particular making it easier and safer to access the Library Green and Town Park on foot from Church Street. A new public square[…]
Read more
-
3 Jul 2024
The deadline for responding to a statutory consultation regarding a permanent ban from driving on Devonshire Square is approaching. The 28-day period for submitting views about banning cars from the new pedestrianised space in Palmers Green will be up on 9th July.
Read more
-
2 Jul 2024
Andy Dawson, a volunteer at Bounds Green Food Bank, has been preparing for a sponsored climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the charity, which has recently been struggling financially and has had to cut back the services it provides to more than a thousand residents.
Read more
-
1 Jul 2024
haha indeed Having been to Pic-Nic on the Park this weekend it was absolutely rammed so worrying if these guys cannot sell tickets...
Read more
-
29 Jun 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Southgate & Wood Green constituency is now online. The LibDems were represented by their election agent as their candidate could not attend. As happened with the Edmonton & Winchmore Hill hustings, both the Conservative and Reform parties failed to take up the invitation to participate.
Read more
-
28 Jun 2024
Should have gone to Specsavers
Read more
-
28 Jun 2024
A recording of yesterday's election hustings for the Edmonton and Winchmore Hill constituency is now online. All candidates apart from those standing for the Conservatives and Reform attended.
Read more
-
28 Jun 2024
Jeez I checked so many times without seeing it......
Read more
-
27 Jun 2024
Darren Edgar wrote (message 7185) : That poster doesn't even have the date on it, does it? It says in large letters "27th July".
Read more
-
27 Jun 2024
That poster doesn't even have the date on it, does it? Ticket sales might be helped if they sorted their advertising out.... We already have Picnic in the Park at Forty Hall and similarly named Wildstock, both coming with music, so maybe there's a capacity issue to for the number of these events......
Read more
-
27 Jun 2024
What I should have been more clear about is the effect on the council finances challenging any kind of application. I had forgotten the reason why they pulled back from the previous challenge against Merkur Slots which was clarified elsewhere in this post. An FOI was obtained (as attached) on the levels of spending by various London councils making[…]
Read more
-
27 Jun 2024
Big Issue magazine has delivered an open letter to both Labour and Conservative parties urging measures to eradicate poverty
Read more
-
26 Jun 2024
Saturday sees the launch of a summer-long series of free events in Edmonton at the newly built Pavilion on the Green. Between now and September the Pavilion will play host to live music featuring styles from the African diaspora, holiday activities for young people, family arts, theatre and dance workshops, wellbeing activities and a whole range of other activities.
Read more
-
26 Jun 2024
[Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here The organisers of the Livestock Music Festival, due to be held at Forty Hall Farm on 27th July, are calling on music lovers to buy tickets soon because last year's losses due to bad weather and the slow rate of sales to date this year mean that the organisation is in a[…]
Read more
-
26 Jun 2024
Music lovers planning to attend the Livestock 2024 music festival at Forty Hall Farm should buy tickets now as unless ticket sales pick up soon there is a risk that the event may be cancelled.
Read more
-
26 Jun 2024
A street party weekend in Palmers Green with events occurring in Old Park Road, Broomfield Avenue and Osborne Road (at least). Straightforward to organise and great for street-spirit. Street closure details are on the council’s web site. If not this year, there is plenty of time to plan your own 2025 event. Last weekend was the Great Get Together weekend,[…]
Read more